The Daily Weather Update from FOX Weather: Hurricane Beryl pounds Mexico before eyeing South Texas
Top weather news for July 5, 2024 - Hurricane Beryl continued its trek west Friday morning, making its second landfall of its journey in Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula.
Hurricane Beryl brings strong winds, heavy rains to Tulum, Mexico
Hurricane Beryl strengthened over Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula on Friday morning, bringing strong winds and heavy rains to Tulum as it approached its second landfall.
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Hurricane HQ: Monstrous Hurricane Beryl pummels Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula
Hurricane Beryl continued its trek west Friday morning, making its second landfall of its journey in Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula after pummeling Jamaica and the Cayman Islands on Wednesday and Thursday, respectively. Video from Tulum, Mexico showed ferocious winds already lashing the area as Beryl came ashore just 5 miles away as a Category 2 storm.
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Now all eyes are on Texas for Beryl's next move
Hurricane Beryl will reemerge over the Gulf of Mexico later Friday, presenting its next forecast challenge: Where does it go from there? Forecasts still indicate a third landfall as either a strong tropical storm or low-rung hurricane either into southern Texas or just on the southern side of the Mexico border. Either way, South Texas is bracing for heavy rains, gusty winds and dangerous beach conditions as the storm approaches Sunday.
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Eastern Pacific Ocean basin finally gets its first named storm
Welcome, Tropical Storm Aletta! And, goodbye Tropical Storm Aletta! The Eastern Pacific Ocean basin got its first named storm of the season Thursday when Tropical Storm Aletta formed just under 200 miles off Manzanillo, Mexico. But alas, its time on the map will be short – the storm had already weakened to a tropical depression Friday morning and is moving out to sea. It's expected to dissipate by the end of the weekend.
Tropical Depression Aletta
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Hurricane Beryl lashed Jamaica on Wednesday with gusty winds and angry seas. FOX Weather's Robert Ray was on the west coast of the island:
FOX Weather's Robert Ray reports from inside Hurricane Beryl
Hurricane Beryl lashed Jamaica on Wednesday with gusty winds and angry seas. FOX Weather's Robert Ray was on the west coast of the island.
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